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The Grenada gazette., 1887-09-24
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| Inst now the most absorbing
.,uestion in many localities in TINS
country has relation to the pronA'
hi,ities Of finding natural gas. The
yas fever Of the present day bears
strikiug resemblance Of the oil fever
Of twenty-five years ago. Companies
Ar. being formed to bore for gas in
most places where there is . reasonable
prospect Of finding it. and In many
places where the probabilities are very
remote. If half the accounts published
about great finds Of natural gas were
true it might be expected that an en-
tire revolution in the fuel problem was
imminent. But while gas may have
been found everywhere that 1t Is re-
ported to have been. \ great many have
learned by unpleasant experience that
it did not pay to find it. Striking gas
that flows at light pressure. oozes
out, so to speak. is an Improbable ex-
perience that has aggravated good
many searches. But occurrences OF
this kind are heralded by the press and
multiplied in the Imagination. In this
way many places get the reputation OF
being blessed with gas fuel. when in
reality enough gas will never be
brou ght to the surface to do them any
good, or much harm, except in loss
Of few thousand dollars in
fruitless endeavors to bring
about the impossible. The places
where natural gas is found so as to be
of any great value are much fewer
than is popularly believed. While
there is economy in the use Of natural
gas compared with coal, the difference
in cost is not so great as is generally
represented. The difference is mainly
in the greater convenience Of the gas.
greater cleanliness and economy of
room. In some places the price Of gas
is yet kept low, but as the piping for
and distribution Of gas is fast getting
into the hands Of large companies,
there is reasoning from analogy,
every reason to believe that the cost to
consumers will be mainly governed by
the price of coal. But even then the
matter Of convenience will make it
favorite fuel for many purposes, and
will doubtless excite inventors to do
wise better means Of making cheap
gas from coal; this, it IS believed by
many, will be in = few years the fa-
vorite fuel when large quantities are
used. In tho mean time there is no
reason for manufacturers who are sit
uated so as to get cheap coal to con-
template the extinction Of their busi-
ness through the competition Of nat
ural gas. With such abundance Of
coal, SO easily brought to the surface.
the fuel question in this country will
take care of itself for some thousands
ofyears to come. American AacAinist.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-09-24
BIG OREGON CAVES.
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The Grenada gazette., 1887-09-24
FREDDY's SOMERSET.
He Saved the Choee- Hoy One Job am
Made Another for His Grandma.


Made Another for His Grandma.
Look out, Freddy! called grand.
ma. don't climb up on my milk.
sink you'll upset II 1t isn't fastened
to the wall. you know"
"Yes'm,' answered Freddy, and he
stood up on his feet again, and put his
hands in his pockets All tho same,
he couldn't help looking with longing
eyes at the old red milk-sink. which
stood just inside Grandma Wrinkles
dairy door.
Somehow, that sink had y great
charm for Freddy.
You see. it was just the thing to play
circus on. 1t was deep and wide. and
there were shelves beneath, where
grandma set her pans Of milk after
she skinned them; and il was Fred
dy's delight to cling with his hands to
the edge, and leaning back 40 hard Ms
ever he could. put his feet on NE low
est shelf, and 60 up until his heels were
almost ~ high as his head. Wasn't
that funny performance?
Grandma Wrinkle thought 50. and she
wondered what Freddy would thiAk
of next She was afraid he would get
hurt, and tip the sink over besides.
But Freddy thought 1t was wonder
full feat, indeed, and he felt pretty sure
tly.t he could turn over backwards
through his hands. the way he had seen
circus men do.
He had not quite dared to try IL yet.
but some day he meant to. That is.
he had meant to. until grandma told
him not to climb on the sink again.
1t seemed great trial to Freddy.
H, stood very still, watching grandma
lift her pans from the milk shelves to
the sink. and take off the thick. yellow
cream. and then SGT them on the
shelves under the sink. two rows of
them, with little road up the middle
between.
"Aiat they heavy. grammar" hs
asked.
Pretty heavy" answered grandma;
''but Jonas will empty 'sm in tho pigs
tub" Jonas was the boy who did the
shores.
Just then Freddy heard mamma CALI
ing from the stairs:
Freddy! Freddy! I'm going TO drive
ever 10 the village, to sss IL there's .
letter from papa. II you want to 20,
como and put on your linen suit"
BY the way Freddy's face bright
sned. you would have felt sure he did
want TO 80. A ride 70 the village with
mamma was a real treat sny day.
For one thing. she was pretty sure to
stop at Miss Crabtree's on tho way,
and Miss Crabtree never failed to
bring out mo st delicious little lunch
con for Freddy.
81 upstairs he went two steps At a
time, and In less than five minutes he
was down again, 'sweet ~ 4 rosy.
bud," grandma said. in his pretty
gray linen blouse and knee pants.
Grandma had her sunbonnst ON.
Cant You take mo up to Deacon
orises and back. now the teams har.
n.sscdF' she asked Freddy's mamma.
u want to borrow cup o yeast W..
assdn't bs gore I've minusss."
The Grenada gazette., 1887-09-24
August Crop Report

The Agricultural Departments rep1s'
says: Tobacco crop 10 in h'sn coIa. l,..r
ton In tho seed leaf States, averaging
nearly 100. except in Wisconsin ~. INV
shipping and cutting districts OF u.
West mako m unprecedented feyv''
81 low condition: Tcnnessee. neu nm
lucky. 70; Ohio. Is; Indiana. vi ~.
noiA 81; Missouri. 90 In vicw s OF 'A' .
heavy reduction in acreage on'y ), :. :
small fragment Of tho ,,sual crop :, %a' ~.
be expected. The oaicial inVesaga''v.
Of area now In progress wt ae'.i ~.
mine authorltativsly the breadu e"'''
vsasd the present ysss"
The Grenada gazette., 1887-09-24
ALL AROUND.
The Merchant and tho Boy-A LiAjl
Story to illustrate Point,

The Merchant and tho Boy-A usA
Story to illustrate Point.
lam going to begin like Abraham
Lincoln, boys, am going to tell YOU
\ little story. (You know Abraham
Lincoln was very fond Of 'telling III.
tie stories" to illustrate a poinN.
Well, once upon a time there was !,
merchant who advertised for boy.
Among those who presented them
selves was one little fellow who was
just as neatly dressed as his means
would permit. His hands were clean.
his faco shore, his hair was nicely
brushed. and his poor. thin. miserable
shoes were blacked till you could SEQ
your face in them.
This merchant was = sharp. shrewd
man. so he eyed all the various points
Of the many boys. He wanted neat
particular boy, and this one seemed
to be just about the kind he needed.
But he did not engage him
WhyP Because the first thing he Oh
served was that the boy had not
blacked his shoes "all the way round"
He had only hlackened the tOes,.leav.
ing the heels in their dingy drab color:
Tho second thing he observed was that
when the boy stretched his arm outa
little too far he showed only too plain
ly that he had washed his hands just
as far As his coat sleeves came. his
coat was we'll brushed, his shirt
sleeves. though much frayed. wers
clean. All! those had been his moth.
er's care. But when 1t came 10 the
two things that depended sdely on
himself, then l,s failed utterly. he
might havo forgotten" to black the
backs of his shoesP True; but he might
likewise ''fore et' to perform properly
some business for his employer. What
excuse for his dirty wrists thought
None. So the merchant argued.
Now. boys do you SEQ the point
(for this story, like those OF Abraham
Lincoln. has n point)e When you %
any thing. do Il ''all around" N'to'
top or one side. but all around, every
where. And when you wash your
hands, don't forget to wash the pa"
covered hy the coat sleeve.
Don't do : little mean thing because
you think nobody will sec It. hyos
are open.hearted. and generous 'nd
kind. and thoughtful. don't bc 90 on!
in the places whore It will show ~
that which shows as good Ia Rn eA'
tend clear up under your coat sleeves
and all the way round the heels u you. VI
shoes. --.Mrs. EnamS G. Hsss'H "
Gkrtsti0s at Royh
The Grenada gazette., 1887-09-24
NApoLeoM.s rAste.


rared At 81. Helena.
M. Charles Monselet has discoveret
IN the memoirs of Careme. famous
cook. some interesting details of thu
life Of Napoleon at St. Helena. He ha'
given these to the world. after express
ing a conviction that it is not without
interest Ito know what tyrant can
eat" Napoleon's household staff.
tsken with him from France. included
.maitre h'hotel. a chef d office. head
cook and pastry cook. Four Chinese
servants were added on the arrival OF
he exile and his attendants at the
ISLAND. The nationality of this sup.
Elementary staff is cause of grief to
Careme, who says: M Lepage (the
chief cook) was doubtless the first
French cook to find himself in such a
difficult position-four Chinese men to
assist him in his work! Irepeat it.
the position is the worst that
could try a purvcyor for the table;
still. they set to work with the four
Chinese Apparently Napoleon was
NOT a troublesome animal to feed. He
had particular liking for blood pud-
ding, and they let him have all he
wanted. Other favorlte dishes were
fowls Ia Mercngo, such entries as
could be fried vol-au-yent, and, being
..p Italian. uaccaroni in all styles of
serving. He had also weakness Tor
pastry aud side dishes composed OF
sweetmeats. His breakfast usually
consisted of a porridge made from
s,orrel or from any thing else provided
it was cooling; breast of lamb well
broiled and served with thin gravy;
small roast. fowl or two outlets, and
sometimes vegetables, but those
raised on the island were good for
nothing For dinner, partridge
ore relieve. two entrees
roast and the Indispensable
sweetmeats and pastry. Sir Hudson
Low provided the materials and OF
course, these were detcstable. accord
ine TO Caremc, who says: ''lhe poor
cook for the Emperor was often made
unhappy by receiving lean tore-quar-
Ter of beef,wlilc the Governor kept the
fiud-quarter for himself There was
no uame on the island. Two or three
tines year partridges and pheasants
would come, but the Governor would
arab them for his own table, and sent
yerv few to the Emperor Napoleon
mad his whims. One day he ordered
soldiers soup" The cook, astonish-
ed. did not think it necessary to answer
lhe demand literally, and made a soup
with very little bread, and so light
that the beans could be seen. Ma
poiean was not so easily humbugSed.
He sent for the cook.
Il believe that you were . soldler'
Yes, sire.
Then you must know very well
that this is not a soldiers soup
excuse me sire. | believc-l
thought
That will do. Make me a better
.uno tomorrow
The cook did not repeat the per-
Eornance. aud tn, next day served a
soup so thick with bread and beans
that spoon could be stood erect in it.
Napoleon was satisfied, but he ate
very little of it. and never called for
1t again. And then Careme pro-
pounded this philosophical query:
What was tile purpose of this great
Captain in ordering a soldiers soup9"
Another time Napoleon ordered from
bis Chinese retainerS dinner of
Chinese yiand-. Bat he could not
.Ouch il. --ScriJncr's Magazine.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-09-24

I'll. y u / .
deed" and then Is. .,d' .ad 'M ~
Into tho carriage and .aa Sraia grandma
And And Freddy wondered stJss y q q
s.s. taken =. away Y th. pis's 'a mill l'oa,s M.
ven ven. Into Into the dairy 70 s .es yst y.s.
NO NO. = thsrs ere: were the up a.,
re.s rosi s..sssa :. ..n,s'as r.. pans :A 'as e. a.
for Freddy's feet. Hs nv. memo enough
on the lowest shelf to ,sa sa'ured W
And my shoes ars ,Se. c,s..,
said :, s.!5 be. And that Whole l.t s's y,
y realize, real .h,,avy-gramma said :" ~ q ~ nj
going to try that somerss. s "a. and r
wards SO nowv' 0'er bad
90 up the naughty litt,a -.
slowly from one shelf to snotss. asss " =
- tr,n " ' oegin to be so :.
20 Turn over backwards Is n n ~. - ~
the shelf, and all at onca "ut \. = lei,
carriage-wheels. 10 heard I
"l'll Just try one moro /.
"'fore gramma gets hers NE, me- sd
over l go!' ~ "heo
And over he did 90. su,.
poor foolish, little Fred, milb.,iaea saeas
ah' with q dreadful bumpins1 e1 y
Mamma and grandma he,,, \
noise, and hurried in, fonettlaa. sssta }
hitch old Dobbin. who trotted of = \
grandma knew pretty we'll % wh,, y
meant She went straight to ths "aa. ~.
"Why. Frederic sweetser "a ANsa! us's
she said. why, why!" ''''n'
Poor Freddy! he had hardly H.,
catch his breath yet. There ' ha !
drenched and dripping, in litt,a ~ ",,. -
OF milk. with the pans all around Iti' NJ
Jonas laughed right out. He ua haa u. !.
his hoeing. and ran to see vhs, i h
matter was, too.
We'll. WE'LL" said he; n p,,e,,
won't have to empty that milk Yor' ,'
saved me one job. young man."
Hes made me one. said eranan
frowning.
Mamma didn't laugh She did,
say a word, either; but her sorry. 81
prised look went right to Fredl, % 4,
heart His chin began to quiver
IL didn't mean to-" he bo
forth Il mean. I'm sorry l. did
mind gramma And you-you need
take mo to the village. to pay, MANN
for-for a 'pcntance, you know"
"Bless his dear heart!" said Ora,
ma. picking Freddy up. "rhere, The
what say we forgive him. daushte,
And I suppose mamma did torg
him; mammas always do. But
didn't 60 to the village, all tho sal
YOUTHS Companion.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-09-24

"A San jose (Cal.) bicyclist is hav.
ing n mnchinc made in tho East with a
ninc.foot wheel, aud which will'run q
mile minute.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-09-24
READING FOR THE YOUNG
WHAT WON HER.

sv3o," said gentle mother
TO her little girls one day.
sand ask poor lonesome DorotLs
To join you in your play.
You know she has no sister.
And her mother died last year;
'Twould be pleasant task for you
Her loneliness 70 cheer"
swell TO-" the children answered.
With willing hearts and kind,
And swiftof foot they hurried OF
The little maid to find.
But soon the mother spied them,
As back they trooped again.
10 toll her, with rueful look,
Their errand was In vain.
rShe will not come" said Alice
And Annabel and Grace;
"She will not say . word TO %,
But cries, and hides her facer'
Then said the gentle mother:
'Perhsps she is afraid,
And shy Of speech before you all.
Poor lonesome little mSidi
'But now know secret
BY which, beyond doubt,
The child will gladly come to you,
When once you hnd II out;
Four letters spell the secret
II is a word 40 small;
Who knows the wordy' And Annabel
Said: II know; it is o DOLL"
Straightwsy she took her dolly,
The prettiest one she had,
10 tempt poor weeping Dorothy
But came back ju' IS sod.
''It's no use trying, ...other;
She will not even look"
Then Grace said, MAY be IT'S . birdr'
And Alice guessed y book.
They took down the canary
From his cage outside the door,
And brought lovely picture-book-
But she only cried the more,
Till the children grew discouraged,
And turned to go away; as
"she doesn't want US here" said Grace;
ut is no use TO stay"
But Alice felt such pity
Within her bosom rise,
That she turned again to Dorothy,
With tears in her own eyes.
She hugged her close, and kissed her,
And said: II lope you, dear
lean not bear TO go away,
And leave you crying herei
"Come with me to my mother"
Then the child upraisad her head,
And presently her sobs were hushed,
Her grief vas comforted.
While the others looked and wondered
And could not understand,
Shy Dorothy, with trustful look,
To Alice gave her hand.
And thus the two together
Back to the mother went
Who kissed them, smiling tenderly,
In her hearts full content.
For she was glad that Alice
Had learned those letters four,
Which unlock hearts as easily
As key unlocks door.
''And see," she told the others,
When they looked, and wondered still,
'How love is like rope around
The neck Of stubborn will.
II has q power so mighty
That the blessed Lord above
Himself will follow when you draw
With the strong rope Of love-"
-Xa,v Bradley, in s. g. 7was,
The Grenada gazette., 1887-09-24

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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-02-16
Pickles by the Million.

It is an DID saying with Long Island
farmers ths5 land is worthless lat will
not grow white beans. but grower OF
Huntingtaa has discovered that pickles,
will thlsYe In soil where bears refuse
to sprcsa. He had barren, sandy.
spot upon which he. made the expert
ment and with sach success that;
all hiss neighbors lave extensive fields
blooming with their crisp fayorites..
Nowhere IN this ceantry can pickIssfbe
grova. that equal in quality those. O.
Logg. Island, ana Boston. Detroit and
Chicago deal exclusively in them from
th:aspoint. In die four establishments
az. Greendale sione there will be- cured
tiisseason oyep50, 900 O0pickles. The
factory just being finished viii be the
largest In the country and will hare q
capacity of 80, DOC, O0S. A packling fac
tory at Huntington has capacity Of
10, COO, 600. one at Faemingda1e Is ,OOO,-
coo, and another At Central Park 10,
600 900. The market was very high at
the beginning Of the season, the price;
being s4.59 per thousand. It has since
fallen to 81. 2g The average price will
be thirty cents thousand greater than
thai Of any other season, sor 81 80.
Dealers are now offering for the entire,
crop. without regard 70 any accident,
$l.50 per thousand.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-02-16
Happy Lotof the PrussianP Police
man.

The police of Berlin are only on du-.
ty during the day. At night the cap.
ital is confded to the. care OF the
night watchers, who are the orders Of
the president OF police, wear a special
Uniform, and are furnished with, a.,
whistle and sword. Their service
lasts from 10 to 5 o'clock, according
to the season. They mum Der about
five hundred, while the policemen
number $500; fifty ofthem are noun {
ted. All the policeman are old non
commissioned officers, tall, we'll
formed men, who have served many
years in the army, and only those
who have been noticed for their good
conduct, their zeal and faithfulness,
are eligible for this duty. The .peo- {
pie respect them. and are on good
terms with them. Sometimes they
act as if they were still in the army, !.
and are somewhat brusque. Thepeo-
pie are accustomed to submit to-.
these men, and at parade one po-
.lioeman is all thai is required tomalrl-
tam order. The mortality. of these.
men is excellent; they are upheld by.
the people and by their superiors and !.
every faults psnished. They know how. .
and when to Danish as well asto pro-
aect.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-02-16
BATTENBERG's BAD sCRAPE.

Labouchere: Prince Henry of Battenberg
has got into sad disgrace with the queen It
seems that when he came up to Bucking-
ham palace the other day to represent her
majesty at the IdGesleigh memorial service
in Westminster abbey he took advantage Of
the outing co divert himself by going to the
Drury Lane theater on the evening Of his
arrival IN town. Considering the object OF.
Prince Henry's excursion, 1T would certainly
have been more becoming if he had
passed the evening at home He was to
have returned to Osborne after the service.
but the fog on the Solent was SO dense that
telegram was sent from Portsmouth to in
form him that it would be impossible for the
Alberta to cross to Cowes So he remained
at buckingham palace till the next mornin9.
and in the evening he repeated the previous
indiscretion by going to the circus The
queen was exceedingly wrasA, and Prince
Henry is not likely to be sent again any,
where to represent her. 8
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-02-16
Towels for congressman.

Using towels is an unsupported ma
MIA with congressman. The Washing
ton correspondent OF the New York
Sun says: Congress was in session
about $40 days. and according to
the wash bills, used lbs, $50 towels,
an average OF about 600 per day, or
more than two per member in atten-
dance. There is not a hotel in. the
country where so many towels are
washed per day as in the house OF /
representatives, nor in which so much
money is paid for washing them. The
total expenditure for this purpose by
the house of representatives last year
was $2,77O.95 for washing towels
alone. The first part OF the year fifty
cents a dozen was paid, but in the
spring the price was put down to
twenty-five cents dozen. The work
is not let by contract, but IS givenout
by the doorkeeper to whomever he 4.
pleases, and paid for at such prices as
he may fix. The position ofwasher- .
woman in the house Representative
is an honorable and lucrative oae, and :
in times past ladies OF social standing
have not been ashamed tor, take. the
work and have it done. by their
servants while they lived comfortably
on the proceeds. No complaint is
made that such is the case now, bub
not many years ago doorkee per was
found to have given the towels OF the
house OF representatives to a lady
friend, TO be washed at fifty cents a.
dozen, who had women employed in
the basement of her house. doing the
work for a dollar day. According
to the accounts OF the cleak,eaeh con-
gresham must have used atleast 40
towels during the year, but they did
not show any signs of it.